I see upon their noble brows the seal of the Lord, for they were born kings of the earth far more truly than those who possess it only from having bought it.

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I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters...

I regard as a mortal sin not only the lying of the senses in matters...

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment;...

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment;...

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved.

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the...

We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the...

No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes...

No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes...

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Vanity is the quicksand of reason

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Life resembles a novel more often than novels resemble life.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Try to keep your soul young and quivering right up to old age.

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to...

Faith is an excitement and an enthusiasm: it is a condition of intellectual magnificence to...

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you...

You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you...

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort...

Once my heart was captured, reason was shown the door, deliberately and with a sort...

No human creature can give orders to love.

No human creature can give orders to love.

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

The prayers of a lover are more imperious than the menaces of the whole world

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has...

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has...

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Admiration and familiarity are strangers.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.

Every historian discloses a new horizon.